Staff
Ben Peays
Executive Director
(Ph.D. ABD, M.Div.,Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; B.A., Wheaton College) Peays is the former Managing Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding in Deerfield, IL. He and his wife and four children live in Austin, TX.
Collin Hansen
Editorial Director
(M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Formerly an associate editor for
Christianity Today magazine, Hansen is the author of
Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey With the New Calvinists and co-author with John Woodbridge of
A God-Sized Vision: Revival Stories That Stretch and Stir. He earned an undergraduate degree in journalism and history from Northwestern University. Contact Collin at
collin.hansen@thegospelcoalition.org.
Matt Smethurst
Associate Editor
(M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Matt is associate editor for The Gospel Coalition. He and his wife Maghan have one child and live in Louisville, Kentucky, where they belong to Third Avenue Baptist Church. Contact Matt at
matt.smethurst@thegospelcoalition.org.
Kathleen B. Nielson
Director of Women's Initiatives
Kathleen Nielson serves as director of women's initiatives for The Gospel Coalition. She holds MA and PhD degrees in literature from Vanderbilt University and a BA from Wheaton College. Author of the
Living Word Bible studies, she speaks often at women's conferences and loves working with women in studying the Bible. She shares a heart for students with her husband, Niel, president of Covenant College from 2002 to 2012 and now leading an enterprise developing resources for Christian schools around the world.
Joe Carter
Editor
(MBA, Marymount University) Joe has served as the online editor for
First Things and as an adjunct professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College. He is the co-author with John Coleman of
How to Argue Like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History's Greatest Communicator (Crossway Books). Contact Joe at
joe.carter@thegospelcoalition.org.
John Starke
Editor
(M.Div. student, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) John is the lead pastor of
All Souls Church in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He is the co-editor with Bruce A. Ware of the forthcoming book,
One God in Three Persons: Upholding the Trinity's Unity of Essence and Distinction of Persons (Crossway Books). Contact John at
john.starke@thegospelcoalition.org.
Josh Mathews
Operations Director
(CPA, M.Div.; Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Josh comes from public accounting to aid The Gospel Coalition in operations and events. Contact Josh at
josh.mathews@thegospelcoalition.org.
Hannah Moody
Creative Director
Hannah comes from a print and interactive background to help The Gospel Coalition with all things visual, both online and at events. Contact Hannah at
hannah.moody@thegospelcoalition.org.
Charles Anderson
Managing Editor of Themelios
(PhD, Cambridge University, M.Div. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Charles is an instructor in New Testament and Biblical Hebrew at Oak Hill College in London, UK. Contact Charles at
charles.anderson@thegospelcoalition.org.